Whats the best way to get a domain that's about to expire?
 

And you hope they don't re-register it?

you can throw a backorder on it. but if it hasn't expired yet they still have a chance to renew, then they still have thegrace period, and yadda yadda. you can try iring them an offer, but then they might renew based on your implied interest whereas they may have let it drop.

personally i'd just sit tight and put a backorder on it, they run $20 or so.

name jet, snap names tdnam

Snapnames... check if it will be soon available to bid on it.

Does Moniker offer this service?

they sure do

Yes
 

SnapNames is the moniker brand for backorder domain service.